Problem with startsWith()

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Also, your boolean expression is unnecessarily complicated:

// if((b = sbuf.startsWith(s2)) == true)

if (s.startsWith(s2))

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yawmarka at 2007-7-7 22:17:56 >

> @java_newbe:

> This forum is for questions and discussions about

> Java Generics only. Please match your posts to the

> forum subject in the future. If you don't know which

> forum to post to, Use the New to Java forum.

to clarify, Generics is a feature present from java 1.5 onwards. this is a forum about them, not a forum for generic questions. as chuck said, post in the right forum - you'll get a better response

georgemca at 2007-7-7 22:17:56 >